Abu Musa Surname
Approximately 31,123 people bear this surname
Abu Musa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 25,954 | 1:6,140 | 557 |
| Palestine | 2,951 | 1:1,541 | 291 |
| Egypt | 1,617 | 1:56,856 | 5,426 |
| Israel | 429 | 1:19,948 | 2,971 |
| Jordan | 125 | 1:70,739 | 5,985 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Abu Musa (1,923) may also be a first name.
Abu Musa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Musa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abu Musa is most common in Bangladesh. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Abu Musa.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Musa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 17,757th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 234,153 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Abu Musa are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Abu Musa is also the 173,126th most common given name at a global level, borne by 1,923 people.
The last name is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 25,954 people, or 1 in 6,140. Besides Bangladesh Abu Musa exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 9 percent reside and Egypt, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Musha | 94 | 1,268 | / |
| Abu Mousa | 94 | 10 | / |
| Abu Musah | 94 | 9 | / |
| Abu Mussa | 94 | 4 | / |
| Abu Musaad | 89 | 702 | / |
| Abou Mousa | 89 | 4 | / |
| Abu Musi | 88 | 1,251 | / |
| Abu Mosa | 88 | 991 | / |
| Abu-Musa | 88 | 11 | / |
| Abou Moussa | 84 | 10 | / |
| Abu Mousi | 82 | 7 | / |
| Abu Moosa | 82 | 4 | / |
| Abu-Mousa | 82 | 2 | / |
| Abu Mucha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Abu Moza | 75 | 29 | / |
| Abou-Moussa | 74 | 175 | / |
| Abu Mousheh | 74 | 1 | / |
| Abu-Mooza | 59 | 9 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abu Musa
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